Maranello ( Modenese: ) is a

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and ''

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'' in the

province of Modena The Province of Modena ( it, Provincia di Modena) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena. It has an area of and a total population of about 701,000 (2015). There are 48 '' comuni'' (singular: ''c ...

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, 18 km from

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

, with a population of 17,504 as of 2017. It is known worldwide as the home of Ferrari and the Formula 1 racing team, Scuderia Ferrari. Maranello was also home to coachbuilding firm Carrozzeria Scaglietti, owned by Ferrari.

Ferrari SpA

Maranello has been the location of the Ferrari factory since the early 1940s. During

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, Enzo Ferrari transferred to

, ending its ownership of

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. Initially Ferrari's factory in Maranello was shared with Auto Avio Costruzioni, a machine tool manufacturing business started by Enzo to tide the company over while Alfa Romeo's ban on Enzo Ferrari making cars bearing the Ferrari name was in force. In Maranello is also located Museo Ferrari public museum, collecting sports and racing cars and trophies. Its new library opened in November 2011, and was designed by Arata Isozaki and Andrea Maffei. Maranello is the starting point of the annual

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, which finishes in nearby Carpi.

Main sights

Maranello's new town library was designed jointly by Andrea Maffei and

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. The library opened in 2012. The parish church of San Biagio was rebuilt in 1903.

People

* Enzo Ferrari, car driver and founder of Ferrari (company) * Umberto Masetti (4 May 1926 - 28 May 2006 Maranello), World Champion Grand Prix motorcycle racer. * Michael Schumacher, F1 racer and honorary citizen of Maranello * Edinson Cavani,

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footballer is of Italian descent from Maranello.

References

Twin towns

Ozieri Ozieri ( sc, Otieri) is a town and ''comune'' of approximatively 11,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia (Italy), in the Logudoro historical region. Its cathedral of the Immacolata is the episcopal see of the Roman Cath ...

, Italy, since 1986 * Ittireddu, Italy, since 1986 *

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, Italy, since 1986 *

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, Italy, since 1986 * Termini Imerese, Italy, since 1986

External links

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